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nar⋅co⋅sis

  [nahr-koh-sis]
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–noun
1. a state of stupor or drowsiness.
2. a state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug. Compare nitrogen narcosis.
Also called narcotism.

Origin:
1685–95; < NL < Gk nárkōsis. See narc-, -osis
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nar·co·sis   (när-kō'sĭs)   
n.   pl. nar·co·ses (-sēz)
A condition of deep stupor or unconsciousness produced by a drug or other chemical substance.

[New Latin narcōsis, from Greek narkōsis, a numbing, from narkoun, to benumb, from narkē, numbness.]
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Word Origin & History

narcosis 
1693, "state of unconsciousness caused by a narcotic," from Mod.L., from Gk. narkosis, from narkoun "to benumb" (see narcotic).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nar·co·sis
Pronunciation: när-'kO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural nar·co·ses /-"sEz/
: a state of stupor, unconsciousness, or arrested activity produced by the influence of narcotics or other chemicals
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narcosis nar·co·sis (när-kō'sĭs)
n. pl. nar·co·ses (-sēz)
General and nonspecific reversible depression of neuronal excitability, produced by a physical or chemical agent, usually resulting in stupor rather than in anesthesia.

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